President Bush’s policies on education have given birth to a near-record increase in college enrollment. His 2005 budget not only continues his support for higher education but nurtures college students as they venture out into an improving job market. Read more...

Westwood will never be the true college town that many of us envisioned upon entering UCLA. There’s not a single venue that allows dancing, only a handful of locations that have a full bar, no poetry readings in coffee shops, and not a single pool table to be found. Read more...

During my Aug. 23 browsing of the Daily Bruin, I came across a column in the sports section, “Olympic voices should focus on positive to keep viewers,” by Sonya Palathumpat. Read more...

This year’s Undergraduate Student Association Council’s base-budget process was unprecedented because the funding source was opened up to all student groups ““ whether they were officially recognized or independent. Read more...

The following is a phone interview with Grant Tyler Peterson, a recent UCLA graduate who married his boyfriend Eric “Gumby” Anderson in San Francisco in February 2004. Read more...

Garin Hovannisian’s column (Aug. 16) questioning Kerry’s war heroism is as misleading as it is misguided. He bases his attacks on the partisan group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a cadre of attack dogs so lacking in credibility they make Nixon look honest. Read more...

In addition to rising course fees, many students are also victims of the rising costs of living on campus. This summer, many students have also been forced to sign up for an expensive meal plan that hardly fits their needs: a non-premiere, 21-meals-per-week plan. Read more...